lines
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general appearance or outline
a car with fine lines
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a plan of procedure or construction
built on traditional lines
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the spoken words of a theatrical presentation
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the words of a particular role
he forgot his lines
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informal a marriage certificate
marriage lines
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luck, fate, or fortune (esp in the phrase hard lines )
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rows of tents, buildings, temporary stabling, etc, in a military camp
transport lines
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a defensive position, row of trenches, or other fortification
we broke through the enemy lines
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a school punishment of writing the same sentence or phrase out a specified number of times
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the phrases or sentences so written out
a hundred lines
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to understand or find an implicit meaning in addition to the obvious one
Example Sentences
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The strike authorization vote came on the same day as educators in Southern California also signaled they were gearing up to head to the picket lines to demand better pay and working conditions.
From Los Angeles Times
The following day, Cubans were queueing up in long lines at gas stations in Havana.
From Barron's
Gradually and gingerly, party lines are being crossed in the House and Senate.
Perna said his standard advice was along the lines of, “Why are you knocking on that door? You should be over here.”
She did not feel it at the time, but she was living on the fault lines of an ugly custody battle between her parents, who both went on to remarry.
From BBC
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